1. Editorial:Polymer Fibres 2000 The Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester, UK, 5-7 July 2000

   • Robert J. Young

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 3069 - 3069

2. Studies of the mesophase development in polymeric fibers during deformation by synchrotron SAXS/WAXD

   • Shaofeng Ran
   • Xinhua Zong
   • R. A. Phillips

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3071 - 3077

3. Single fibre deformation studies of poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) fibres part I Determination of Crystal Modulus

   • R. J. Davies
   • M. A. Montes-Morán
   • R. J. Young

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3079 - 3087

4. Electrically conductive PANi multifilaments spun by a wet-spinning process

   • J. Zhou
   • G. Tzamalis
   • A. P. Monkman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3089 - 3095

5. The application of factorial experimental design to the processing of polypropylene fibres

   • R. D. Yang
   • R. R. Mather
   • A. F. Fotheringham

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3097 - 3101

6. Reactive extrusion and melt spinning—A new technological route to special fibres

   • R. Beyreuther
   • B. Tändler
   • R. Vogel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3103 - 3111

7. Neural modelling of polypropylene fibre processing: Predicting the structure and properties and identifying the control parameters for specified fibres

   • G. Allan
   • R. Yang
   • R. Mather

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3113 - 3118

8. Drawability and attainable mechanical properties of polyamide yarn using true stress–true strain curves

   • J. Van Ruiten
   • R. Riedel
   • J. P. Penning

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3119 - 3128

9. Deformation mechanisms in cellulose fibres, paper and wood

   • S. J. Eichhorn
   • J. Sirichaisit
   • R. J. Young

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3129 - 3135

10. Ballistic protection mechanisms in personal armour

    • M. J. N. Jacobs
    • J. L. J. Van Dingenen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3137 - 3142

11. Review Spherulites: A personal perspective

    • J. H. Magill

    ReviewPaper Pages: 3143 - 3164

12. The role of pressure annealing in improving the stiffness of polyethylene/hydroxyapatite composites

    • A. P. Unwin
    • I. M. Ward
    • J. Weng

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3165 - 3177

13. Fabrication and characteristics of AA6061/SiCp composites by pressureless infiltration technique

    • K. B. Lee
    • H. S. Sim
    • H. Kwon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3179 - 3188

14. Improved contacting by the use of silver in solid oxide fuel cells up to an operating temperature of 800 °C

    • W. A. Meulenberg
    • O. Teller
    • D. Stöver

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3189 - 3195

15. Phase transformation reactions in rapidly solidified Al-6.5Fe-1.5V alloys

    • R. Tongsri
    • E. J. Minay
    • H. B. Mcshane

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3197 - 3206

16. Structure formation and miscibility of sheets from PBT and LCP blends

    • K. Qi
    • K. Nakayama

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3207 - 3213

17. Surface effects in chromate conversion coatings on 2024-T3 aluminum alloy

    • X. Sun
    • R. Li
    • T. Foster

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3215 - 3220

18. Nanostructured thin palladium-silver membranes: Effects of grain size on gas permeation properties

    • B. A. McCool
    • Y. S. Lin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3221 - 3227

19. Application of equal channel angular extrusion on strengthening of ferritic stainless steel

    • N. Saito
    • M. Mabuchi
    • M. Nakamura

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3229 - 3232

20. Synthesis of tungsten monocarbide by self-propagating high-temperature synthesis in the presence of an activative additive

    • J. Zhang
    • J. H. Lee
    • C. W. Won

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3233 - 3238

21. The influence of Poisson contraction on matrix cracking stress in fiber reinforced ceramics

    • Yih-Cherng Chiang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3239 - 3246

22. The effect of Co2+ on the structure and colour of silica gel derived materials

    • M. G. Ferreira Da Silva

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3247 - 3251

23. Hydroxy- and fluorapatite films on Ti alloy substrates: Sol-gel preparation and characterization

    • M. Cavalli
    • G. Gnappi
    • M. Fini

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3253 - 3260

24. Non-equilibrium solidification by laser surface alloying of molybdenum with nickel: Structure and properties of alloyed layers

    • R. Pawlak
    • Z. Gawronski
    • K. Wissenbach

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3261 - 3271

25. Ultrafine zinc oxide powders prepared by precipitation/mechanical milling

    • H. M. Deng
    • J. Ding
    • J. Wang

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3273 - 3276

26. Low-temperature chemical synthesis of lanthanum copper oxide

    • Xiaohui Wang
    • Yanchun Zhou

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3277 - 3282

27. Effect of process parameters on synthesis of aluminum nitride powder prepared by chemical vapor deposition

    • Moo-Chin Wang
    • Ming-Sung Tsai
    • Nan-Chung Wu

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3283 - 3289

28. Effects of excess Te on the thermoelectric properties of p-type 25% Bi2Te3-75% Sb2Te3 single crystal and hot-pressed sinter

    • Chang-Won Hwang
    • Dow-Bin Hyun
    • Tae Sung Oh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3291 - 3297

29. Formation of niobium-tantalum pentoxide orthorhombic solid solutions under chlorine-bearing atmospheres

    • J. Gonzalez
    • M. Del C. Ruiz
    • A. Bohé

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3299 - 3311

30. Processing of composites in the Ti-Si-C system

    • C.-S. Park
    • F. Zheng
    • R. K. Bordia

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3313 - 3322

31. Hydroxyapatite-316L fibre composites prepared by vibration assisted slip casting

    • X. Miao
    • A. J. Ruys
    • B. K. Milthorpe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 3323 - 3332